Here you go via Make. I wouldn’t use beaded styrofoam personally, i’d go with the blue/pink sheets of insulation, they cut a little more cleanly. But a fine guide, i like the way they used a greeting card as a stencil.

A SWOT Analysis On America. Don’t agree with many of the detailed points but the core idea of looking at our situation with a SWOT analysis is a good idea.  Too often as I read the papers these days, I don’t really understand the goals and strategies of some of our government actions.  A reasoned discussion with a clear decision framework would be nice.

Toolmonger » Blog Archive » Are You Smarter Than A Bolt?. – awesome bolts that give you feedback when you are overtightening. I need hardware like this. I really need stud-finding, conduit-avoiding nails.

Calacanis: Apple to release networked HDTVs - Nate Lanxon, MP3 & Digital Music Editor - Technology Blog at CNET.co.uk. – this would be good. The current state of the world where you have to buy some separate box and whack it into your media center to get IP-delivered content is just not going to succeed, the mainstream isn’t going to go thru this brain damage. The IP receiver has to be built into the TV or the media receiver or some other piece that people understand and know they need.

• The Living Severed Hand! via lifehacker. Nice
• Halloween spell book
• Hallowindow via make. Truly awesome and simple as hell if you have a home theatre system you can move around.
• Stirring cauldron. These can look really nice

all really great project ideas.

College Football Polls - CBSSports.com 120, BCS and AP Top 25. Wow the polls this week are a total hash. I’m starting to believe we need a playoff. No problem with the top 3 in some order. But SC #4 in the coaches ahead of Oklahoma? SC did not look that good Saturday. And Texas Tech has beaten exactly no one and rises to 5? Oklahoma State beats a vastly overrated Missouri and climbs 7 spots? There are going to be a lot of changes going forward. Texas plays Missouri, Ok State, and Texas Tech in the next 3 weeks, and Texas Tech and Ok State match up, so this mess will all get straightened out. My bet is Texas wins all those and stays near the top, and Oklahoma rises back up near the top. No real problem with the Buckeyes at 11, they need to demonstrate that they are a complete team and have yet to do that.

Must read - UW Dawg Pound. Ouch. When you read this, hard to understand why the U doesn’t move in midseason

Player safety? Bah…. (Blogging the Buckeyes). Not only do we not pay these kids, but we don’t protect them as well as we protect football-playing adults.  That is pretty sad.

ExtremePumpkins.com - Extreme Pumpkin Carving. – some awesomeness here

Aidtopia Haunted Mirror. - akin to the exit mirrors at the Haunted Mansion, but pretty simple to build.

Daily Trojan - Virus expands reach; 275 students now infected

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